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The Macon Telegraph from Macon, Georgia • 19

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X't New rip Browns The Associated Press WASHINGTON The Washing ton Redskins ojiened their exhibi tion season Monday night with a new coach some new quick pass plays and showed the fonn that brought them a Super Bowl trophy two years ago beating the Cleve land Browns 41 12 Quarterback Mark Rypien looked like he did two years ago Complet ing 8 of 12 passes including one for a touchdown he gave tlie Redskins a 14 0 lead on their first two jiosses sions before retiring for the night irst Quarter Was Sanders 13 pass from Rypien (Lohmiller kick) 5:42 Cle Wash irst downs 15 25 Rushes yards 34 115 Passing 132 272 Return Yards 25 87 Comp Attlnt 14 29 2 19 32 1 Sacked Yards Lost 2 15 W) Punts M4 3 35 umbles Lost 2 2 1 0 Penatties Yards 6 33 7 52 lime of Possession 27:11 32:49 Cleveland 0 6 6 0 12 Washington 14 10 14 3 41 Was Mitchell 1 run (Lohmiller kick) 1144 Second Quarter Cle Vardell 1 run (kick failed) 1:16 Was Lohmiller 32 7:46 Was Stock 7 pass from Conklin (Lohmiller kick) 14:56 Third Quarter Cle Vardell 4 run (kick failed) 6:56 Was Brooks I run (Lohmiller kick) 10:20 Was Green 2 run (Lohmiller kick) 1 403 ourth Quarter Was Lohmiller 27 12:46 A 36 455 INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS RUSHING Cleveland Vardell 11 41 Douglas 7 21 Hoard 2 5 Metcalf 2 5 Baldwin 1 4 Kosar 1 3 Testaverde 1 1 Washington Brooks 14 57 Mitchell 10 24 RGreen 3 16 Byner 3 12 Dukes 34 Howard 1 2 PASSING Cleveland Testaverde 10 15 1 106 Kosar 4 11 0 39 Goebel 0 2 1 0 Phllcox 0 1 00 Washington Conk lin 9 17 1 111 Rypien 0 12 0 123 Hakel 2 30 38 RECEIVING Cleveland McCardell 347 Jones 326 Hoard 2 35 RSmlth 1 14 Pruitt 1 9 Jackson 1 8 Douglas 1 6 Carrier 14 Vardell 14 minus 2) Washington Sanders 446 Monk 203 Mitchell 2 44 McGee 2 32 Wycheck 2 3 Clifton 1 24 LeSure 1 14 Howard 1 13 Ervins 1 10 Orr 1 8 Riggs 1 8 Stock 1 7 The AssocintPd Press 1 fa Will ATj 4 ZS' a cvM if c' hfit Mil All HS'7 John Offerdahl saved woman whose car was submerged in pond Offerdahl saves life The Associated Press DAVIE la Miami Dolphins lint backer John Offerdahl needed all of his athletic ability to help save two people from a car that crashed into a murky xind a pretty good swimmer and I've never been so tired in my life" Offerdahl said Monday not like the movies where you can hold your breath for an hour" Offerdahl and four companions rescued Julius and Ruth Roth both 86 after their car was sideswijx by another car and plunged into a pond west Sunday Ruth Roth was in critical condi tion Monday at a Delray Beach hos pital Her husband was treated for injuries and discharged Offerdahl and several business associates were standing outside his new bagel shop when they heard the crash at an intersection 150 yards away By the time they reached the car it was 25 feet from the edge of the X)nd "We all dove Offerdahl said couple of the guys took care of the man in tlie back seat but the woman was in tlie front seat her door was locked and she was un der water It was pretty Poor visibility in the pond com plicated tlie rescue effort Offerdahl tried to pull Roth out through an oXjn window on the driver's side but he couldn't Another rescuer finally managed to free Roth through the rear dtxir on tlie side Winston Cup standings Pos Driver Car Points Wins Top 10 1 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 2911 6 12 2 Dale Jarrett Chevrolet 2630 1 13 3 Rusty Wallace Pontiac 2570 5 rj4 4 Mark Martin ord 2527 1 12 5 Morgan Shepherd ord 2502 1 11 6 Kyle Petty Pontiac 2430 1 10 7 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 2403 0 10 8 Emie Irvan Chevrolet 2375 1 8 9 Geoff Bodine ord 2334 1 7 10 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 2253 0 8 11 Sterling Marlin ord 2250 0 8 12 Bill Elliott ord 2232 0 8 13 Jimmy Spencer ord 2230 0 7 14 Ricky Rudd Chevrolet 2161 1 7 15 Hany Gant Chevrolet 2133 0 7 16 Davey Allison ord 2104 1 8 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 2072 0 5 18 Brett Bodine ord 2038 0 5 19 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 2015 0 6 20 Hut Stricklin ord 1985 0 2 21 Michael Waltrip Pontiac 1966 0 1 22 Wally Dallenbach Jr ord 1951 0 4 23 Bobby Labonte ord 1917 0 3 24 Rick Wilson Pontiac 1878 0 1 25 Ted Musgrave ord 1871 0 3 26 Kenny Wallace Pontiace 1850 0 1 27 Rick Mast ord 1848 0 2 28 Derrike Cope ord 1784 0 1 29 Phil Parsons ord 1723 0 il 30 Bobby Hillin Jr ord 1650 0 0 1993 SCHEDULE Aug 15 Champion Spark Plug 400 Brooklyn Mich Aug 28 Bud 500 Bristol Tenn Sept 5 Southern 500 Darlington SC Sept 11 Miller Genuine Draft 400 Richmond Va Sept 19 Peak 500 Dover Del Sept 26 Goody's 500 Martinsville Va Oct 3 Holly arms 400 North Wilkesboro NC Oct 10 Mello Yellow 500 Charlotte NC: Oct 24 AC Delco 500 Rockingham NC: Oct 31 Pyroil 500 Phoenix Anz Nov 14 Hooters 500 Hampton Ga 1993 WINNERS Dale Jarrett (Daytona 500): Rusty Wallace (Goodwrench 500) Davey Allison (Pontiac Excitement 400): Morgan Shepherd (Motorcraft 500): Dale Earnhardt (TranSouth 500) Rusty Wallace (ood City 500) Rusty Wallace (irst Union 400) Rusty Wallace (Hanes 500) Ernie Irvan (Winston 500): Geoff Bodine (Save Mart 300): Dale Earnhardt Winston) Dale Earnhardt (Coca Cola 600): Dale Earnhardt (Budweiser 500): Kyle Petty (Champion Spark Plug 500) Ricky Rudd (Miller Genuine Draft 400): Dale Earnhardt (Pepsi 400) Rusty Wallace (Slick 50 300): Dale Earnhardt (Miller Genuine Draft 500) Dale Earnhardt (Diehard 500) Mark Martin (The Bud at the Glen) Results not counted In points standings Tuesday Aug 10 1993 fhe Macon Telegraph 3C Digest Holt returns to alcons practice The Associated Press Georgia notebook Bryant scholarship will go to another Bulldog Continued from page 1C (HjeMdconcrcIcfjrdpI) 2634 is restricted in some areas Daily redelivery hours Monday through Saturday 6:30 am to 10:00 am partly why Orgel and the oilier Georgia coaches were not ter ribly impressed by any of tlie 40 running and Golf said of his self designed pro gram trying to cut back on fried fowls and red meat but nothing in particular" ATHENS reshman defensive back Eric Robinson of Orlando la who was granted permission to arrive in Athens a day late chocked into camp Monday after noon and immediately began orien tation proceedings As is customary the freshmen and walk ons in camp will spend the next couple of days getting ac climated to their new surround ings On Monday they underwent physicals met with academic advi sors and participated in team meet ings But since beginning to jog on a dai ly basis while at tlie same time eat ing sensibly Golf who starred for tlie Bulldogs from 1973 76 is half way to his goal of slimming down to between 220 225 his old playing weight Defensive end Pierce Holt practiced with the Atlanta alcons Monday after his injured right elbow was diagnosed as a case of tendinitis Team orthopedist Dr John Garrett said rays to see if there were bone chips in elbow proved negative Wide receiver Steve Broussard who was suspended for missing a curfew and missed ri day 28 27 loss to tlie Miami Dolphins in the preseason opener also took pail in practice But the last unsigned player line backer Darion Connor who said Saturday he would sign a contract and report to camp did not show up There also was no sign of wide receiver An dre Rison linebacker Jessie Tuggle and offen sive lineman Chris Hinton All three have stayed out of camp attempting to renegotiate their contracts COWBOYS: Troy Aikman has tlie medical go ahead to resume practicing in pads and play in exhibition between Dallas and the Los Angeles Raiders However Coach Jimmy Johnson and offen sive coordinator Norv Turner continue to indi cate they want Aikman on the sideline until tlie final exhibition Aug 27 against Chicago Tlie Super Bowl MVP has been working out without pads recovering from back surgery While the Cowboys were in Ixindon for tlie American Bowl Aikman flew to Los Angeles for a checkup by Dr Robert Watkins who per formed surgery on a herniated disk in tlie quar terback's back June 19 Watkins gave Aikman clearance to resume workouts BENGALS: David ulcher described by Gen eral Manager Mike Brown as best strong safety who has played for tlie may College basketball James Martin wtio guided Griffin to two state championships was named Monday as an assistant basketball coach at Indiana State Corey Johnson a member of Grif fin's team last season lias signed with the Sycamores Don Dyer who took two schools to the NAIA finals and was the coach of Scottie Pippen retired Monday at Central Arkansas Dyer compiled a 606 277 record in 15 years at Henderson State and 14 at Central Arkansas College football Wide receiver Eric Smith a junior college signee from Vero Beach la failed to meet NCAA standards and will be ineligible at LSU Smith will enroll at Northwest Mississippi Junior College A shooting that wounded an Ohio State freshman defensive back Anthony Gwinn and killed col lege track prospect Jimmy Greggs appears to be a random crime Po lice said Gwinn was driving away from a night club in Columbus Ohio when the shots were fired about 2:45 am Sunday Greggs 19 passenger was struck in the head Gwinn 18 was treated at the hospital for a wound in the arm and released Golf Kelley Richardson shot a 7 ovcr par 80 in the first round of the US Women's Amateur Championship Monday in Chula Vista Calif Richardson who made the field as an alternate was 11 shots behind leader Heidi Voor hees Kelly Pittman of Statesboro was tied for second with a 73 ive more players including Da vid Berganio the 1993 US Ama teur Public Links champion were picked on Monday to complete the US Walker Cup team Also chosen were Todd Demsey Brian Gay Tim Herron and Kelly Mitchum The join Allen Doyle John Harris Justin Leonard Jay Sigel and Danny Yates The US which holds a 29 3 1 edge will meet a team from England Ireland Northern Ire land Scotland and Wales at the In terlachen Country Club in Edina Minn Aug 18 19 Pro basketball our teen agers testified Monday that Jim Jackson of the Dallas Mavericks waved a gun at them as year the they had re served for him Now they can make that scholarship available to another player immediately "We have some plans for Coach Ray Goff said Tuesday would not elaborate on what those plans might include Georgia linebackers coach rank Orgel who recrtiitcd Bryant said he talked to him two weeks ago at the GACA All Star Game in Athens and left feeling confident Bryantwould report However during the team dinner Sunday evening Orgel noticed Bryant was not present thought he might have had trouble getting a ride up here or something so I called his Oi gel said "I lis mother put him on the phone and he said he had decid ed not to come and that he was tired of football 1 don't know He really didn't give me a concrete an swer Sportslieat reixirter John Ryr tea contrihutctl information to this report Had Bryant reixrted Sunday and participated in one workout the Bulldogs would have lost for a full Bi yant (6 3 265) started for three years at Northside on oll'ense and defense As a senior defensive tack le he had 31 tackles and six sacks lie played offensive guard tight end defensive tackle defensive end and linebacker By John Byrwa SpiortsBeat News Service with tlie size of Jones' contract his pedigree from talent rich lorida State or his status as tlie New York Jets' No 1 draft pick He wants to see how well his rookie linebacker performs on tlie field Jones who signed a $5988 million five year contract on riday took tlie field Monday for his first team workout He is running 22 practice sessions behind his teammates and second on tlie team's depth chart behind lOth ycar veteran Kyle Clifton assumes that tliis marvelous Mar vin Jones from wherever the hell he's from is just going to come in and take Coslct said got a lot of pros on this CARDINALS: Phoenix quarterback Chris Chandler missed two practices Monday and likely will miss another today but tliat will not affect his status in the competition lor tire start big jol) Coach Jot Bugel said Chandler battling free agent Steve Beuer lein suffered a sprainwi left ankle when he was tackled after completing a pass in the 24 13 exhibition victory over the Ixis Angeles Rams on Saturday RAMS: Unsigned veterans Jim and Cleveland Gary said Monday remain holdouts and miss the regular season opener rattier than bow to pressure from the Ls Ange les Rams The Rams said over the weekend they planned to send letteis to both players informing them that under tlie new labor agreement both must report to training camp by riday or miss the season opener The rule intended to prevent costly holdouts applies to restricted free agents like Gary a for mer Georgia running back and Price a tight end the field at 10:30 am while the de fense will do so at 5 pm Wednes activities include much of tlie same SLOW TIMES: or a teenager fresh out of liigh school tlie exjieri ence can be quite unnerving a really a big adjustment for some of linebackers coach rank Orgel said left home and are away from mommy and daddy for the first time and in a strange new environ ment It takes them a good while to settle in Right now they don't know what to they were riding in a car last win ter Jackson was charged with one count of aggravated menacing one count of carrying a concealed weapon in a motor vehicle and four counts of disorderly conduct Tennis ort Valley State senior Mona Ramsey has been selected as the school's 1993 NCAA Woman of the Year winner and is eligible for Georgia's NCAA Woman of the Year award Ramsey a middle grades education major has a 337 GPA and was named the Southern Inter collegiate Athletic Conference's top player last season Canadian Open champion and former Georgia player Mikael Pem fors lost his first round match Mon day at the ATP Championship in Mason Ohio 6 4 6 2 to 15th seeded Malrvai Washington or mer Georgia Tech standout Bryan Shelton of Atlanta advanced with a 7 6 (8 6) 4 6 6 1 victory over Guillame Raoux of rance and will play Pete Sampras Thomas Muster scored a long sought victory Monday defeating Javier Sanchez of Spain in the final of the Philips Head Cup in Austria 6 3 7 5 6 4 Track and field Long jump world record holder Mike Powell leaped 27 feet 10 inches Monday in the last round at the Malmo Invitational Grand Prix in Sweden Their schedule today includes more physical testing more confer ences with academic advisors more meetings witli their ixisition coach es and light on field workouts in shorts and helmets The offensive players will take NL training camps have become one of the first of many casualties of tlie free agent era when he was releas'd by Cincinnati Team siiokesman Al Heim said ulcher was released because he wasn't playing well in pre season and had bursitis in his foot I lowever on a team known for low salai'ics ulcher a three time Pro Bowler was due to make $1033 mil lion this season Officials of many teams predict that next year when a salary cap takes effect a lot of high priced veterans will be released and forced ei ther to retire or play at lower salaries The Bcngals still have not signed star running back Harold Green as well as their No 1 draft choice defensive end John Copeland of Ala bama They are lying to fit in Copeland under tlie rookie salary cap which is separate the one on veterans which dcxis not apply tliis year GIANTS: A mixture of an over the counter de congestant and cold water may have triggenxl tlie irregular heartbeat that forced New York lineman William Roberts to leave an exltibi tion game Saturday his doctor said Monday Dr Jeffrey Rorer said he did not consider condition life threatening adding tliat it is not uncommon for people with irregular heartbeats to have such episodes occasionally Roberts had to leave exhibition game in Cincinnati in tlie third quarter when hLs heartteat increased rapidly the third time in two years tliat he has exixirienced the problem Borer said Roberts would te monitored over tlie next week or so adding he might return to tlie field within the next two weeks JETS: Marvin Jones has his million dollar contract Now time to earn it Coach Bruce Coslet says not impressed pounds" in the past 30 days ing to lose about 15 Golf reached an all time high weight of 252 pounds last month You can have your Sunday Macon Telegraph redelivered free simply by calling our Customer Service Center That's right open on Sunday from 7:30 am to 1 0:30 am Just call Customer Service at 744 4343 and get a fresh copy of your Sunday paper out to you So no matter what happened to your newspaper call The Macon Telegraph Customer Service Center to get a new copy redelivered Robinson last Bulldog freshman to report Coupon Oil Change free: i wTuneUp few times in the 45 second range but not many to brag about" "We see it every year We were just talking the other day about how been a long time since somebody came in here on tlie first day and just blew us away They look to bo in pretty good shape though find out in about thn BIG DOG LOSING WEIGHT: Die Georgia players are not the only ones sweating to get into playing shape Coach Ray Goll is headlong into a diet and exercise program that be hopes will trim enough weight off his foot 4 frame so that the funner All Southeastern Confer ence quarterback can fit into his old college uniform trying to get in vard dash times during Monday said GotT who has lost "about 15 i it nn trbn mornings test session so nervous and scarcxl they run very well" said Or gel who added there were ind Your Sunday Paper? fwittrimsAd $4490 I 4 Cylinder 44 6 Cylinder $5490! 1 8 Cylinder $6490l Cars I 3240 Mercer Univ Macon GA I 750 0916 roi yew in uxiuncu) i wi Precision i eonitindinn with anv other coupon ohet Limit one.

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